ArmInfo. Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan's resignation is an attempt to throw dust in eyes of Armenian society on the threshold of parliamentary elections; Deputy Chairman of Heritage Party Armen Martirosyan expressed this opinion to ArmInfo's correspondent on September 8.
"The wave of protest following seizure of police compound by Daredevils of Sasoun group and growing discontent in the society forced the authorities to make some changes in the pre-election period in order to create the appearance of readiness to do anything for people's well-being. However, in fact Hovik Abrahamyan and his government were made scapegoats" the Deputy Chairman of the Party stressed.
He also thinks that government of national accord will no matter meet current demands of the Armenian people and the country. "We need executive body, in which the people would trust, rather than a government of national accord", the politician said. Martirosyan also added that he does not rule out representation of "puppet" oppositionist forces in the new government.
Talking about the main candidate on the position of the Prime Minister, former mayor of Yerevan, Deputy CEO for Strategic Development at Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Karen Karapetyan Martirosyan noted that this person has nothing in common with the interests of Armenian people and the state. "He was earlier heading an agency, which was earning surplus profit at the expense of the citizens. We constantly have problems with Gazprom naturally there can be no expectations from him", he stressed.
At the same time Martirosyan stated that Karapetyan on the position of mayor has not made any fundamental reforms and he was just a good manager. "Moreover, he dismantled small shops and contributed to growth of number of supermarkets", he stressed. The politician stated that Karapetyan will never oppose the authorities. "Moreover, he has no political levers of pressure on the authorities or any support from the parliamentary majority", he concluded.
On September 8, Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan sent in his resignation. To note, earlier ArmInfo reported, citing its own sources that committed to his recent promise, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has started forming a so-called "government of national accord". For that purpose Karen Karapetyan, ex- mayor of Yerevan, Deputy CEO for Strategic Development at Gazprom Mezhregiongaz, has already been invited to Yerevan. The Armenian President is going to offer Karapetyan to head the "government of national accord". The incumbent Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan will resign to head the campaign headquarters of the Republican Party of Armenia in the run-up to the parliamentary elections of 2017.